Mounted skeleton at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. S2CID 4396326.Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Early Holocene "The phylogenetic position of the 'giant deer' Megaloceros giganteus".
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^ Mennecart, B., deMiguel, D., Bibi, F., Rössner, G. The phylogenetic position of the ‘giant deer’ Megaloceros giganteus. Megaceroides algericus From the Late Pleistocene to Holocene of North Africa has been considered to be closely related and possibly derived from Megaloceros. Lived throughout Eurasia, from Ireland to China during the last ice age. giganteus Largest, best known, and among the last species of the genus that stands about 2 m (6.6 ft) at the shoulders. The species is thought to be descended from M. matritensis fossils are found associated to stone tools of late Acheulean and early Mousterian type. The species itself formed part of the diet of people which lived in the area. The species had enlarged premolars, very thick molar enamel, and a low mandibular condyle. matritensis Mid-Pleistocene species, lived around 300-400 ka near present-day Madrid, Spain, being contemporary with M. Has been suggested to comprise the separate genus Praedama. The lowermost prongs near the base were palmate. Its antlers were straight, with thorn-like prongs. savini Mid-Pleistocene species, slightly larger than a caribou, first fossils found near Sainte Savine, France and near Soria, Spain. The antlers were more compact, and the tines near the base large and palmate. giganteus, to the point where it is often regarded as a paleosubspecies of the latter. Known from antlers, teeth and postcranial material. novocarthaginiensis Described from the latest Early Pleistocene 0.9-0.8 Ma of Cueva Victoria in Spain. luochuanensis Early to Mid-Pleistocene species in the Shaanxi Loess of China. Has subsequently been suggested to belong to Arvernoceros instead. stavropolensis Early Pleistocene species from Southwestern Russia. savini and related taxa ( novocarthaginiensis and matritensis) are split into the separate genus Praedama by some scholars. 2006).Īlthough sometimes synonymized with Megaloceros, Praemegaceros, Sinomegaceros and Megaceroides are apparently generically distinct. 
The genus was part of a Late Neogene Eurasian radiation of fallow deer relatives of which today only two taxa remain.(Lister et al. Despite its name, the Irish elk was neither restricted to Ireland nor closely related to either species commonly referred to as elk ( Alces alces in British English and other European languages Cervus canadensis in North American English) but instead is closely related to the fallow deer genus Dama.
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